Yep, this is one of those stories where scientists give a sensational headline but the journalist has no way to understand if the scientists can back it up. And since they don’t really care, the journalist just goes with the story.
It’s usually the journalist that provides the sensational headline. Which I’m sure is the case here since the rest of the excerpt contains other nonsense.
Show me the data!...................or at least explain it in a way that is somewhat understandable!.................